House intruder
Discussion
The dog went nuts at around 2.30 am this morning , the mrs came down & nothing seemed unusual, as the dog often barks at passers by & mainly foxes in the front & back garden ,
To cut a long story short , someone has been in the house briefly & stolen an hand held tablet computer along with it's charger , at the moment it seems that that is all that is missing ,
suppose it could have been worse with 3 cars in the household,& the keys were left untouched ,& no one has been harmed
i have no mobile insurance & i don't know if i can claim on household insurance seeing as non of us can recall locking the back door , as their seems no forced entry was made
i do however have a nat west advantage gold account & may well be insured through this
i would assume that if we can't confirm the back door was locked i would assume it would be futile trying to claim of off the household insurance
any advice as a new handset will cost approximately £450.00
To cut a long story short , someone has been in the house briefly & stolen an hand held tablet computer along with it's charger , at the moment it seems that that is all that is missing ,
suppose it could have been worse with 3 cars in the household,& the keys were left untouched ,& no one has been harmed
i have no mobile insurance & i don't know if i can claim on household insurance seeing as non of us can recall locking the back door , as their seems no forced entry was made
i do however have a nat west advantage gold account & may well be insured through this
i would assume that if we can't confirm the back door was locked i would assume it would be futile trying to claim of off the household insurance
any advice as a new handset will cost approximately £450.00
okgo said:
Lock the door, kick it in, take pics = a free phone.
Yep can't beat a bit of insurance fraud! Bring on the increased premiums!OP I would just take it as a relatively cheap lesson to make sure your doors are locked in future. It could have been a whole lot worse!
Edited by matc on Monday 27th September 09:49
webbyst said:
i do however have a nat west advantage gold account & may well be insured through this
.. only if you have registered (the IMEA code) with them ..edited: darn, just realised okgo had posted it a few hours ago, zzz
stopped a couple of kids (literally) who were casing houses in my locale (2am saturday morning) so i'd be on the lookout more often these days.
Edited by fido on Monday 27th September 09:50
matc said:
okgo said:
Advantage gold would only cover you if you registered the phone, which takes a while so you would know if you'd have done it.
Lock the door, kick it in, take pics = a free phone.
Yep can't beat a bit of insurance fraud! Bring on the increased premiums!Lock the door, kick it in, take pics = a free phone.
OP I would just take it as a relatively cheap lesson to make sure your doors are locked in future. It could have been a whole lot worse!
webbyst said:
around 2.30 am ...someone has been in the house
Regardless of whether you were complacent about locking up that's still pretty scary, and given that the last visit netted them a £450 computer they'll probably come back at some point. I'd be less worried about replacing the tablet than increasing security.ukwill said:
Where were you at the time?
Yes , we were all asleep when the dog went mad , the kids are a bit freaked out , i get the impression that they entered the kitchen heard the dog & grabbed the tablet , just thankful that they did not take the car keys or cause any damage or harm anyone,
the Police said its common for thieves to garden hop to avoid high back garden walls & just try back doors at random
Doniger said:
webbyst said:
around 2.30 am ...someone has been in the house
Regardless of whether you were complacent about locking up that's still pretty scary, and given that the last visit netted them a £450 computer they'll probably come back at some point. I'd be less worried about replacing the tablet than increasing security.webbyst said:
ukwill said:
Where were you at the time?
Yes , we were all asleep when the dog went mad , the kids are a bit freaked out , i get the impression that they entered the kitchen heard the dog & grabbed the tablet , just thankful that they did not take the car keys or cause any damage or harm anyone,
the Police said its common for thieves to garden hop to avoid high back garden walls & just try back doors at random
You said your missus went downstaires to check? Could you not put your nightie on in time?ukwill said:
webbyst said:
ukwill said:
Where were you at the time?
Yes , we were all asleep when the dog went mad , the kids are a bit freaked out , i get the impression that they entered the kitchen heard the dog & grabbed the tablet , just thankful that they did not take the car keys or cause any damage or harm anyone,
the Police said its common for thieves to garden hop to avoid high back garden walls & just try back doors at random
You said your missus went downstaires to check? Could you not put your nightie on in time?
Really thought it was foxes at the door ,
Opportunist burglars often take things of value seen close to their point of entry, purses wallets keys and other easily pocketed items are all fair game. Your dog barking may just have saved you a greater loss buy him/her a treat. If it's big enough, treat it to a bed in the kitchen and leave all downstairs doors open for him to roam.
Then, do yourself a favour, go outside (through the back door) look through the door/windows and see what YOU can see that would attract a thief. MOVE those items away from plain sight or install blinds to obstruct the view of prying eyes. Make sure your doors/windows etc ARE locked at night or when you are not about to avoid a repeat performance.
ETA..also, imagine you lost your house keys...how would YOU get in?
If the answer is 'through that open window', or 'by using the spare key under the third plant pot on the left' (or somesuch) that's exactly how a burglar would get in!
Don't make it easy for them.
Then, do yourself a favour, go outside (through the back door) look through the door/windows and see what YOU can see that would attract a thief. MOVE those items away from plain sight or install blinds to obstruct the view of prying eyes. Make sure your doors/windows etc ARE locked at night or when you are not about to avoid a repeat performance.
ETA..also, imagine you lost your house keys...how would YOU get in?
If the answer is 'through that open window', or 'by using the spare key under the third plant pot on the left' (or somesuch) that's exactly how a burglar would get in!
Don't make it easy for them.
Edited by oldsoak on Monday 27th September 12:50
webbyst said:
ukwill said:
webbyst said:
ukwill said:
Where were you at the time?
Yes , we were all asleep when the dog went mad , the kids are a bit freaked out , i get the impression that they entered the kitchen heard the dog & grabbed the tablet , just thankful that they did not take the car keys or cause any damage or harm anyone,
the Police said its common for thieves to garden hop to avoid high back garden walls & just try back doors at random
You said your missus went downstaires to check? Could you not put your nightie on in time?Really thought it was foxes at the door ,
Edited by ukwill on Monday 27th September 12:44
Yep sorry for your loss and good luck with calming the family down. If rhe thief really wnated your car, they would do more then sneakily pop-in, so they would have been opportunistic thieves
We do the following before leaving the house or going to bed: blinds down in front and rear windows, back door locked (2 locks) and front door locked (3 locks). One doeas this, the other checks or says "I've locked the doors"
Its not that we're ion a bad area- the aston was in the garage for years and never touched, and its not that we're parnoid. It just makes perfect sense to us- make our house difficult and the opportunist thieves will simply look elsewhere. its as simple as that.
We do the following before leaving the house or going to bed: blinds down in front and rear windows, back door locked (2 locks) and front door locked (3 locks). One doeas this, the other checks or says "I've locked the doors"
Its not that we're ion a bad area- the aston was in the garage for years and never touched, and its not that we're parnoid. It just makes perfect sense to us- make our house difficult and the opportunist thieves will simply look elsewhere. its as simple as that.
I've been asked on numerous occasions to assist neighbours to gain entry into their houses as they've locked themselves out.
Never had a problem gaining entry because most people are careless, the only house I ever had to damage to gain entry was my own.
Usually people leave upstairs top windows open thinking that no-one will be able to get through em.
Never had a problem gaining entry because most people are careless, the only house I ever had to damage to gain entry was my own.
Usually people leave upstairs top windows open thinking that no-one will be able to get through em.
oldsoak said:
Then, do yourself a favour, go outside (through the back door) look through the door/windows and see what YOU can see that would attract a thief. MOVE those items away from plain sight or install blinds to obstruct the view of prying eyes.
My next door neighbour (26 yo single female) lost her laptop upon first moving in.Back door was smashed in (awaits the puns) and laptop grabbed.
However..
She obviously didn't learn from this experience - as she leaves her new replacement laptop on top of the fridge, in full view of her kitchen window - which has no blind or curtain....
<sigh>
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